Letters

Letters: Why should non-Christians care about the Bible?

26 September 2026 9:00 am

Reform’s high bar Sir: Michael Gove’s concerns about Reform lacking the talent and an adequate policy framework to ‘prove their…

Letters: Why Douglas Murray should attend the St Paul’s rave

19 September 2026 9:00 am

The need for Mammon Sir: Douglas Murray is right to wince at Sadiq Khan’s gloating over the partnership at St…

Letters: ignore the farming doomsters

12 September 2026 9:00 am

Despoiling Suffolk Sir: There can be few better summaries of government attitude to Britain’s countryside than James Vitali’s: ‘Something to…

Letters: What will I do without Gentleman’s Relish?

5 September 2026 9:00 am

Lessons in education Sir: I read Michael Gove’s thought-provoking piece (‘Revenge of the Blob’, 29 August) with great interest. It…

Letters: The C of E is making all the wrong choices

29 August 2026 9:00 am

People power Sir: Quentin Letts’s article (‘Plastic parsons’, 22 August) underlines the dire state of the Church of England today.…

Letters: universities have always been a little crazy

22 August 2026 9:00 am

Universities’ challenge Sir: I have spent more than three decades in academia and so Lara Brown (‘Alma madder’, 15 August)…

Letters: Cambridge University is not a victim

15 August 2026 9:00 am

After Arday Sir: Lara Brown scathingly condemns Cambridge University’s acceptance of Jason Arday’s credentials (‘The fabulist’, 8 August). That it…

Letters: ‘The voice of a beleaguered Middle England’ – readers say goodbye to Rod

15 August 2026 9:00 am

My all-time hero Sir: I was gutted to learn of the early death of one of my all-time heroes (8…

Letters: the insanity of Labour’s attack on private schools

8 August 2026 9:00 am

Bad education Sir: Lara Brown (‘Class warfare’, 1 August) lays bare the baleful consequences – intended and unintended – of…

How to approach women successfully

1 August 2026 9:00 am

Rights and wrongs Sir: As one of those centre-left weirdos who reads your magazine to see what the other side…

Letters: Bring back hat wearing

25 July 2026 9:00 am

That’s the spirit Sir: What a wonderful young man Michael Simmons is (‘Sick of it’, 18 July). His stubborn refusal…

Letters: bring on devolution

18 July 2026 9:00 am

The right kind of devolution Sir: Your leading article ‘The Burnham Question’ (11 July) suggests that the putative prime minister’s…

Letters: The British Empire was a force for good

11 July 2026 9:00 am

Unjust William Sir: It is a bad idea for schools to be recommending their pupils listen to William Dalrymple’s podcast…

Letters: Burnham is a master brand-builder

4 July 2026 9:00 am

Telling stories Sir: As a filmmaker by training and a marketer by profession, I couldn’t agree more with your leading…

Letters: Why the left loves Larkin

27 June 2026 9:00 am

An irresponsible drama Sir: Britain is faced with a fabricated panic which has prioritised personality over policy. Keir Starmer has…

Letters: Keep AI out of the Church

20 June 2026 9:00 am

I Spy Sir: Overt political allegiance and class snobbery may indeed have thwarted Toby Young’s undergraduate ambition to be ‘tapped…

Letters: many are waiting for the Tory comeback

13 June 2026 9:00 am

Con’s the word Sir: In his article ‘Neo con’ (6 June) Michael Simmons claims that neoliberalism powered this country into…

Letters: arise, Sir Rod!

6 June 2026 9:00 am

Keeping their promises Sir: Matt Ridley is right to assert the conservation role of gamekeepers (‘Ruffled feathers’, 30 May). They,…

Letters: Reform and the Conservatives need each other

30 May 2026 9:00 am

Greco-Roman wrestling Sir: Rod Liddle suggests that some, perhaps many, middle-class voters on the right or centre right are deterred…

My late husband’s insatiable appetite for ‘sticky willies’

23 May 2026 9:00 am

Labour’s just deserts Sir: Last week’s leader hit the nail on the head (‘Desperate retreat’, 16 May). You have to…

Letters: it’s hard to undo dumbing down

16 May 2026 9:00 am

Tales from the City Sir: Simon Jenkins’s article on Liverpool Street Station (‘Horror storeys’, 9 May) is inaccurate, and an…

Letters: Yvette Cooper for PM!

9 May 2026 9:00 am

Bet on Yvette Sir: Were Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham or Wes Streeting to succeed Sir Keir (‘After Starmer’,…

Letters: the little-known role of liquorice in parliamentary history

2 May 2026 9:00 am

Pennies pinching Sir: I agree with much of this week’s editorial, except for two points (‘Nunc dimittis’, 25 April). As…

Letters: what vegetarians get wrong

25 April 2026 9:00 am

Flat broke Sir: John Power’s article on the property squeeze (‘Flatlined’, 18 April) identifies a symptom of a deeper problem,…

Letters: No, pensioners don’t ‘‘have it easy’

18 April 2026 9:00 am

Same old Sir: In Michael Simmons’s otherwise excellent yet alarming essay on ‘Benefits treats’ (11 April), one sentence spoiled the…